A sound/vibration resonance separating device for resonance-separating and instantly visualizing sound and vibration having one of various frequencies by fixing vibrators such as a plurality of piano wires to a rigid body. In other words, the device is an auditory model for executing Fourier transform instantly. In FIG. 2, numerals 1–20 designate vibrators having various natural vibrations. When a sound is inputted from a microphone for converting it into an electric signal to a device body, as shown in FIG. 4, the electric signal is amplified/controlled by an electronic circuit (28) and outputted to a speaker (24) acting as a vibration converting device, and the sound becomes amplified longitudinal vibration to vibrate a rigid body (21) longitudinally. The vibration is transmitted to the vibrators (I–20) fixed to the rigid body and having the natural vibration, and only the vibrator corresponding to the frequency vibrates. A volume knob (25) is provided for adjusting the amplitude of the vibration. A frequency control knob is for controlling the vibration frequency of sine wave.
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1. A vibration resonator comprising: a rigid body; and an oscillator affixed thereto, the oscillator comprising a plurality of elastic bodies; the elastic bodies comprising resonant strands; wherein vibration conducted to said oscillator by said rigid body is separated into frequency components by said resonant strands.
2. A sound/vibration resonance separating device comprising a circuit for converting sound, into an electronic signal, said circuit including an amplifier and a frequency control to amplify a specific frequency band of said signal and to control and to adjust it; a speaker for converting said signal into a sound signal; and a rigid body which conducts vibrations from said signal from said speaker; an oscillator affixed to said rigid body, the oscillator including a plurality of strands, wherein each strand resonates in response to a particular frequency component in said vibration conducted by said rigid body so that said vibration is separated into frequency components; wherein said strands are sized so that resonation of at least some of the strands is readily observable to observers without additional instrumentation.
3. A frequency component detector comprising: of a vibration resonator; and an electronic circuit wherein the vibration resonator comprises a rigid body and an oscillator affixed thereto, the oscillator comprising a plurality of resonant strands; wherein the vibration resonator separates vibrations into frequency components by said resonant strands; and wherein the electronic circuit vibration from each resonant strand into an electronic signal and adjusts and controls the signal.
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February 1, 2002
October 3, 2006
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